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According to the US Justice Department, Tawwur Rana, accused of Mumbai terror attack, allegedly said that ‘Indians were entitled to this’.
Delhi: According to the US Justice Department, Tawwur Rana, accused of Mumbai terror attack, allegedly said that ‘Indians were entitled to this’. Praising the nine terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba, who was killed during the attack, Rana had said that he should be awarded Pakistan’s highest bravery award ‘Nishan-e-Haider’.
The US on Wednesday extradited Canadian citizen Tahawwur Hussain Rana to prosecute 10 criminal allegations related to his alleged role in the 2008 terrorist attack in India. 166 people including six Americans were killed in this attack.
The statement issued by the Department of Justice said that Rana’s extradition is an important step towards getting justice for those six Americans and other victims, who were killed in heinous attacks in Mumbai. India alleges that Rana provided a fake cover to travel to Mumbai to visit Dawid Geelani to visit David Headley, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET) to visit Mumbai.
While praising nine Lashkar terrorists, it is also said to give them ‘Nishan-e-Hather’
Headley is Rana’s childhood friend. After the attack, Rana allegedly told Headley, one of the main conspirators of the attack, after the attack, Indians allegedly told that “it was entitled to it.” The statement said that in an intercepted conversation with Headley, Rana praised the nine Lashkar terrorists who allegedly attacked the Nine Lashkar terrorists and said that he should be given “Nishan-e-Hader”. “Nishan-e-Haider” is Pakistan’s highest award for valor in war, which is given to martyred soldiers “.
India alleges that Headley took training from Lashkar members in Pakistan and was directly in touch with the terrorist organization over plans to attack Mumbai. Such a statement said, Rana agreed to open the Mumbai branch of his immigration business and appoint Headley as the manager of the office, while Headley had no experience of immigration.
On two different occasions, Rana allegedly helped Headley to prepare and submit a visa application in front of Indian officials, which had such information about which Headley knew that she was false. Rana, through his business partner, had also provided documents by Headley in an attempt to take a formal approval from Indian officials to open his immigration business branch office. The statement said, “For more than two years, Headley met Rana repeatedly in Chicago and explained his surveillance activities, Lashkar’s reactions to Headley’s activities and the possible Lashkar’s possible plans to attack Mumbai.
Lashkar militants opened fire in Mumbai between 26 and 29 November 2008
Between 26 and 29 November 2008, ten Lashkar militants carried out 12 incidents of firing and bomb blasts in Mumbai. Lashkar militants infiltrated the city by sea and spread to groups in many places. He attacked a train station, two restaurants, Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and a Jewish Community Center. Hundreds of people were injured in this attack and assets of more than US $ 1.5 billion in Mumbai were damaged.
The statement said, “This attack was the most terrible and destructive in the history of India”. Lashkar-e-Taiba was sentenced to 14 years in jail after providing physical assistance to Lashkar-e-Taiba in 2013 and a failed terror conspiracy sponsored by Lashkar-e-Taiba in Copenhagen, Denmark. The statement said that as part of the same criminal proceedings, Headley argued that 12 federal terrorism charges, which included assisting six Americans in Mumbai and later planning to attack a Danish newspaper and was sentenced to 35 years in jail. In June 2010, the US took action on the appeal of Rana’s extradition from India.
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